The law.. cannot disannul] the will of God is irrevocable (as is seen even in the case of the wills of men); the Law, therefore, cannot be contrary to it, but must be explained in some other way. Four hundred and thirty years] The giving of the Law is dated 430 years after Abraham's sojourn in Canaan. According to another passage (Acts 7:6), the sojourn in Egypt alone was to be 400 years. But the length of the time which had elapsed is immaterial to the argument.

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